Period Fine Bindings
Bookbinding, Conservation, and Restoration
Blog Posts
- The Art of Royal Book Binding
- Gilding a Royal Binding
- Bookbinding and Book Restoration
- Antiquarian Bookbinding
- Cambridge Panelled Calf Bindings
- Bible Book Binding
- Regional Angling Literature Limited Editions
- Bookbinding and Masonic Book Restoration
- Removing Foxing and Mildew
- Paper Conservation and Removing Ink Stains
- Paper Conservation and Water Stain Removal
- Paper Conservation and Repairing Paper Tears
- The Ninth Gate
- Magickal Grimoires by Paul Tronson
- The Grimoire of God
- The Avenging Angel Grimoire
- The Guardian Angel Grimoire
- The Necronomicon
- The Magick of Hermes, Moses and King Solomon
- The Tiffany Collection
- Edge Gilding
- Vellum Bindings
- Archangel and Bookbinding Grimoires
- The English Bookbinder: Irregular Newsletter No. 1
- The English Bookbinder: Irregular Newsletter No. 2
- The English Bookbinder: Irregular Newsletter No. 3
- The English Bookbinder: Irregular Newsletter No. 4
Paul Tronson – Master Bookbinder
Period Fine Bindings
email: paul@periodfinebindings.com
A Master Bookbinder – restoring antiquarian books, Bibles and objets de virtu to period using original tools and techniques.
An expert at creating and recreating authentic traditional bindings using old materials and ancient formulae. Significant & considerable experience in the restoration of ‘lost’ or ‘fatally’ damaged work from the 10th to 19th Century; vellum, parchment, illuminated manuscripts and scrolls.
Category: Blog Posts
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Welcome to issue 3 of my Irregular Newsletter.Is it June already, how I’ve kept it going this long I’ll never know, it’s becoming too regular! English Bookbinder –Will the REAL Darwin genius please stand up Just so you know that I still keep my ear to the ground in the book world, this month’s whisper is that…
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Period Fine Bindings – Irregular Newsletter: Issue No 2. May 2006 Welcome to the second issue of my “Irregular Newsletter” There seems to be a lot of events on just lately so I thought I would keep you informed about some of them. Dis-bound and Dispersed: The Leaf Book Considered This exhibition is the first…
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Period Fine Bindings and the Irregular Newsletter: Issue No 1. April 2006 Welcome to the first issue of my “irregular” newsletter, I call it irregular because I will be very surprised if I can make time to write it on a monthly basis! but I will do my best.My name is Paul Tronson and I am a…
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Bookbinding in Vellum This site is regularly updated Vellum is a most curious material to work with and a very specialised manufacturing process. The few manufacturers still producing this type of skin, still use the ancient skills first used hundreds of years ago. vellum is made from goat, calf or sheep skin and is very…
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Bookbinding and Edge Gilding This site s regularly updated Gilding the edges of the book by hand was a luxury reserved only for finer quality of books and serves two purposes. Firstly as decoration, which always looks to me as giving the appearance of a fine leather binding bound around a solid block of gold….and…
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Tiffany is the most famous name in fine objets d’arts since 1837 and many of their most treasured pieces have survived, but require a little tender care. View the deconstruction of two dilapidated pieces of fine art and their restoration (reconstruction) at the hands of a Master Craftsman – Paul Tronson. Fine Objets D’Arts From…
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Click on images to enlarge These 3 commissions contain probably some of the most important occult, alchemy and Hermetic texts ever written, as you can see from the title pages below. These are 3 of the 6 occult and alchemy books that I print and bind in a 17thC style. These 3 copies were commissioned…
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To Commission a Necronomicon Email: paul.necronomicon@gmail.com Probably the finest Necronomicon ever made. This is another one of the six occult and alchemy books that I print and bind. The text is printed in red and black on a fine watermarked ivory wove paper and illustrated. As the text is somewhat chaotic I decided to hand marble…
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